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Focus40 Overview A long-range plan for how the MBTA can meet the needs of the region in 2040: A 20-year plan as required by MBTA enabling legislation A roadmap of investments to feed future MBTA Capital Investment Plans Key Components of Focus40 Plan: Programs: Highlight potential investments that could enable the MBTA system to best serve the region over the long term Priority Places: Identify priority areas for new or improved service based on where investments have the greatest likelihood to deliver ridership and other benefits to the region Focus40 is comprised of programs and places and is designed to fee future capital plans. While it is not financially constrained, it is establishing the framework for feeding investments into to the CIP over the next 20 some years to meet the needs of the region.

Focus40 Planning Umbrella Systemwide Plans Plan for Accessible Transit Infrastructure Fleet & Facilities Plan Focus40 Water Transportation Study Better Bus Project MBTA Rail Vision Mattapan High Speed Line Green Line Transformation It is also an umbrella to connect other plans that are going on in the building that are supporting the goals of the strategic plan - it has both informed these plans and have been informed by them. Focus40 will result in additional plan Modal and Project Plans

Focus40 Process

Data Collection Existing and Future Conditions Trends

Outreach In addition to talking to subject matter experts about our data analysis we also did extensive outreach with both the general public and key municipal, business, and advocacy stakeholders.

Goals

Future Scenarios Focus40 uses scenario planning to better understand what the MBTA’s region might be like in 2040. Instead of planning for one specific future, Focus40 developed four plausible futures for the region. Focus40 uses scenario planning to help us plan strategically decades out – in the context of lots of uncertainties in the transportation sphere.

Next Priorities through 2040 Programs Framework Focus40 lays out studies, project concepts and specific investments within each program, divided into the following categories: Category Description We’re Doing Commitments through 2023 Investments already underway or in the five-year Capital Investment Plan. We’re Planning Next Priorities through 2040   Important investments that meet the needs of the region in 2040, to be planned and phased over time. We’re Imagining Big Ideas Potentially transformative investment ideas, the feasibility, benefits, and costs of which must be better understood before the MBTA can make a decision about how to move forward with them. Through data collection and input from internal and external stakeholders we examined a range of potential projects

We’re Doing: Commitments through 2023 Program Objective: Achieve a better, faster, lower-emissions service, supported by off-board fare collection and exclusive busways, aligning with where riders live, work, and travel. We’re Doing: Commitments through 2023 Better Bus Project Phase 1 to revamp routes, frequencies, and stops with implementation planned in 2019 Better Bus Project Phase 2: Network Redesign Process and Initial Implementation Municipal Collaboration to Improve High Priority Bus Facilities and Stops Bus Fleet Replacement and Expansion Zero- Emissions Bus In-Service Testing to inform future fleet procurement We're Planning: Next Priorities through 2040 Fleet Expansion to Serve Bus and Bus Rapid Transit Network Better Bus Project Phase 3: Implementation of Network Redesign Phased Conversion to Zero-Emissions Fleet New Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors We're Imagining: Autonomous bus shuttles that can serve new routes and deliver first-mile/last-mile connections for passengers to commuter rail and rapid transit

Implementation Initiation of planning studies and engineering/design work to advance ‘Next Priorities’ Network Redesign Rail Vision Silver Line Capacity Study Maintenance facility planning Vehicle specification development for Green Line Type 10 vehicles Blue Line capacity study Priority Place Action Plans ‘Next Priorities’ to be prioritized in the capital plan Continuation of municipal partnerships to advance efforts beyond CIP Annual, pre-Capital Investment Plan (CIP) review to track status, incorporate new information and set upcoming programmatic priorities Implementation CIP Focus40 MBTA Strategic Plan

Implementation - Project Prioritization System Preservation Mobility Environment Safety Economic Impact Social Equity Policy Support Cost Effectiveness Focus40 doesn’t prioritize specific projects – many investments in focus40 really aren’t specific projects, but instead a type of investment – Projects will be developed for each program and scored against these criteria through the cip process. Inputs

Implementation – Tracking Progress Asset condition Service reliability System accessibility Bus passenger comfort State of good repair spending Ridership 2017 Tracker Measures Tracker currently includes a range of relevant measures to help track progress – additional ones are in the works, and some other efforts collect other data – for the annual cip process, we want to bring these all together at the start of the process to help inform the needs for the coming cycle. It also helps us – along with other tools – gage whether we need to adjust priorities. Outputs

Focus40 Investment Priorities FY 2020-2024 CIP We’re Committed Projects Big Ideas Projects Next Priorities Projects

Focus40 Investment Priorities FY 2020-2024 CIP We’re Committed Projects Big Ideas Projects Next Priorities Projects FY 2024 - 2028 CIP

Focus40 Investment Priorities FY 2020-2024 CIP We’re Committed Projects Big Ideas Projects Next Priorities Projects FY 2024 - 2028 CIP FY 2032 - 2036 CIP

Thank You Check out the draft Plan at: www.mbtafocus40.com Sign up for updates to learn about the release of the final plan in the coming months. Email me at: Jennifer.Slesinger@state.ma.us or Focus40@dot.state.ma.us